UNITED STATES |
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION |
| Washington, D.C. 20549 |
FORM 8-K |
| CURRENT REPORT |
| PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE |
| SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
| Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) | January 8, 2007 | |
| (January 1, 2007) |
Commission | Name of Registrants, State of Incorporation, | I.R.S. Employer | ||
File Number | Address and Telephone Number | Identification No. | ||
| 001-32462 | PNM Resources, Inc. | 85-0468296 | ||
| (A New Mexico Corporation) | ||||
| Alvarado Square | ||||
| Albuquerque, New Mexico 87158 | ||||
| (505) 241-2700 | ||||
| 001-06986 | Public Service Company of New Mexico | 85-0019030 | ||
| (A New Mexico Corporation) | ||||
| Alvarado Square | ||||
| Albuquerque, New Mexico 87158 | ||||
| (505) 241-2700 | ||||
| 002-97230 | Texas-New Mexico Power Company | 75-0204070 | ||
| (A Texas Corporation) | ||||
| 4100 International Plaza, | ||||
| P.O. Box 2943 | ||||
| Fort Worth, Texas 76113 | ||||
| (817) 731-0099 | ||||
| ______________________________ | ||||
| (Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report) | ||||
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Introduction
In 2005, the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (“NMPRC”) approved a stipulation in connection with the acquisition of TNP Enterprises, Inc. (“TNP”) by PNM Resources, Inc. (“PNMR”), which called for the integration of the New Mexico jurisdictional assets of TNP utility subsidiary Texas-New Mexico Power Company (“TNMP”) into PNMR’s utility subsidiary Public Service Company of New Mexico (“PNM”) effective January 1, 2007. PNMR, PNM, TNMP and TNP filed an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (“FERC”) in 2006, requesting necessary approvals under the Federal Power Act for the transfer of TNMP's New Mexico and Arizona assets to PNM effective January 1, 2007. The FERC issued its order on October 20, 2006 approving the application as filed. The purpose of this filing is to report the completion on January 1, 2007 of the integration of those TNMP assets into PNM.
ITEM 2.01 Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets
Please refer to the discussion in Item 8.01 below, which is incorporated herein by reference. The integration of assets described herein involved the transfer of assets from one of PNMR’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, TNMP, to another of PNMR’s wholly-owned subsidiaries, PNM.
ITEM 8.01 Other Events
In 2005, the NMPRC approved a stipulation in connection with the acquisition of TNP by PNMR, which called for the integration of TNMP's New Mexico jurisdictional assets into PNM effective January 1, 2007. On August 8, 2006, PNMR, PNM, TNMP and TNP filed an application with FERC requesting necessary approvals under the Federal Power Act for the transfer of TNMP's New Mexico and Arizona assets to PNM effective January 1, 2007. In accordance with conditions imposed by FERC on the earlier issuance of debt by TNMP, the applicants committed that an appropriate proportion of debt issued under those FERC conditions would be retired with cash contributed by PNMR. The application stated that the retired TNMP debt would be equal to, at a minimum, the ratio of TNMP New Mexico and Arizona property additions to Texas property additions funded by such debt. The applicants also committed that TNMP debt would be retired to the extent necessary or advisable to maintain a TNMP equity to debt capitalization ratio in excess of 30%, to maintain any required interest coverage ratios, and to maintain TNMP's credit rating. The FERC issued its order on October 20, 2006 approving the application as filed.
The integration of the TNMP assets into PNM occurred at 12:01 AM, Mountain Standard Time, on January 1, 2007. The integration took place through a series of intercompany transactions, including a capital contribution of the net assets from PNMR to PNM to complete the transfer. The retirement of TNMP debt has not yet occurred.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrants have duly caused this report to be signed on their behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
PNM RESOURCES, INC. | |
PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF NEW MEXICO | |
TEXAS-NEW MEXICO POWER COMPANY | |
| (Registrants) | |
| Date: January 8, 2007 | /s/ Thomas G. Sategna |
| Thomas G. Sategna | |
| Vice President and Corporate Controller | |
| (Officer duly authorized to sign this report) |
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